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IFLA Cataloguing Section

Names of Persons

Introduction:

According to the International Cataloguing Principles (ICP)[1] the Form of Name for Persons as an authorized access point should be constructed following a standard: "When the name of a person consists of several words, the choice of first word for the authorized access point should follow conventions of the country and language most associated with that person, as found in manifestations or reference sources". Thus, this set of documents summarizes the conventions for each country, established by each national cataloguing agency, to help other cataloguing agencies creating authority data worldwide.

Please access IFLA Names of Persons[2] to submit updates from your country and to access more information.

Country name in English: Federal Republic of GERMANY

Country name in official language(s): Bundesrepublik DEUTSCHLAND

Language in English: German

Language name in official language(s): Deutsch

Last updated: March 2016

NAME ELEMENTS

Elements normally forming part of a name

|Element |Type |Examples |

| | | |

|1. Forename |simple |Catharina |

| | |Kathrin |

| | |Karlheinz |

| |compound |Karl H. |

| | |Karl Heinz |

| | |Karl-Heinz |

| | | |

|2. Surname |simple |Morgenstern |

| | |Schmidt |

| |with prefixes | |

| |-- a preposition |von Goethe |

| | |van Beethoven |

| |-- a preposition and an article written |von der Hagen |

| |separately |von le Fort |

| |-- a contraction of a preposition and an |aus’m Weerth |

| |article |vom Berg |

| |-- a preposition and a contraction of a |von zur Mühlen |

| |preposition and an article | |

| |-- more than one prefix linked by a |von und zu Urff |

| |conjunction | |

| |compound | |

| |-- consisting of two surnames |Meyer-Hofmann |

| |-- consisting of two surnames linked by a |Strauß und Torney |

| |conjunction | |

Additional elements to names

|Element |Use |Examples |

| | | |

|Titular prefix, e.g., Baron, Baronesse, |after the forename(s) and often followed by|Adolf Friedrich Graf von |

|Baronin, Freifrau, Freiherr, Freiin, Fürst,|the preposition, the preposition and a |Schack |

|Fürstin, Graf, Gräfin, Prinz, Prinzessin |separate article or by a contraction of a |Marion Gräfin Dönhoff |

| |preposition and an article and the surname,|Karl Reichsfreiherr vom |

| |simple or compound |und zum Stein |

| | |Ferdinand Graf |

| | |Lippe-Weißenfeld |

| |before the forename(s) without any |Prinz Louis Ferdinand von |

| |difference in significance |Preußen |

| |in rare cases within a compound |Julia Rau-Gräfin von der |

| | |Schulenburg |

ORDER OF ELEMENTS IN CATALOGUE HEADINGS

General rule

|Type of name |Entry element |Examples |

| | | |

|1. Surname |surname |MORGENSTERN, |

| | |Catharina |

| | |SCHMIDT, Karl Heinz |

| | | |

|2. Surname with prefixes, if the name is | | |

|German or Dutch origin: | | |

|-- a preposition |part following the preposition |GOETHE, Johann |

| | |Wolfgang von |

| | |BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van |

|-- a titular prefix followed by a |part following the preposition including |SCHACK, Adolf Friedrich |

|preposition if used by the person |the titular prefix |Freiherr von |

|-- a titular prefix followed by a |part following the preposition without the |WEIZSÄCKER, Richard |

|preposition if the person does not use it |title |von |

|-- a titular prefix before the surname and |part following the preposition without |PREUßEN, |

|a preposition |omitting the titular prefix if used by the |Louis Ferdinand Prinz |

| |person |von |

|-- a preposition and an article written |part following the article |HAGEN, Friedrich |

|separately | |Heinrich von der |

|-- a contraction of a preposition and an |prefix |VOM BERG, Fritz |

|article | | |

|-- a contraction of a preposition and an |prefix |AUS’M WEERTH, Ernst |

|article elided | | |

|-- a preposition and a contraction of a |prefix, if it is a preposition and an |ZUR MÜHLEN, Heinrich |

|preposition and an article |article combined in one word |von |

|-- more than one prefix linked by a |part following the last preposition |URFF, Georg Ludwig von |

|conjunction | |und zu |

| | | |

|3. Surname with prefixes neither of German|apply the instructions for the language of |LE FORT, Gertrud von |

|or Dutch origin |the name in RDA |DI FABIO, Udo |

| | | |

|4. Compound surname | | |

|-- consisting of two surnames (usually |first part of compound |SCHMITT- |

|hyphenated) | |VOCKENHAUSEN, |

| | |Hermann |

| | |MÜLLER VON |

| | |BLUMENCRON, |

| | |Mathias |

|-- consisting of the prefix von and two |part of compound following the prefix |STRAUß UND |

|surnames linked by a conjunction | |TORNEY, Lulu von |

|-- with titular prefix followed by the |prefix starting the compound, if it is a |ZUR LIPPE– |

|preposition combined with an article and |preposition and an article combined in one |WEIßENFELD, |

|two hyphenated surnames |word |Ferdinand Graf |

|-- consisting of a name and a place name |prefix starting the compound, if it is a |VOM STEIN ZUM |

|with a prefix contracted of a preposition |preposition and an article combined in one |ALTENSTEIN, Karl |

|and an article |word | |

|-- consisting of a surname and a place name|first part of compound |RAU-GRÄFIN VON DER |

|with title of nobility | |SCHULENBURG, Julia |

National cataloguing code

Resource Description and Access (RDA), German Translation

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National authority file of names

Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND)

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Sources and recommended references

Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung (RAK) rules have been used from 1972 to 2012 in the bibliographies of Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main.

The national bibliography edited by Deutsche Nationalbibliothek is available as online database:

Authority for information provided

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Arbeitsstelle für Standardisierung / German National Library, Office for Library Standards ()

Checked and approved by: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Arbeitsstelle für Standardisierung / German National Library, Office for Library Standards, Frankfurt am Main, March 2016.

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